With the support of the United Nations, China has constructed a national population information system covering a majority area of China from provinces, municipalities, and autonomous administrative regions which facilitates population analysis, population information research, research about the corelation between geographic environment and social economy. Quite a few countries have adopted the Population Information System as a modern technique approach.

The construction and application of population management system is a systems-engineering topic. Not only are information technology and database application involved, but also population statistics, demography, sociology and relative science are included.

The course is tailed to enable participants from developing countries to command capabilities of population information system design, system function analysis, database technology, population information inquiry, data editing and updating, system functions, process and operation.

The course will provide concepts and methodologies related to the Construction and Application of Population Information System in order to promote successful neighborhood improvement interventions.

The program is divided into lessons, specialized lectures, practices, discussions, cases study and company visits aimed at introducing the technology and application of population information system.

Therefore, the various modules of lectures below will be referred to during the training course:

1.Module: population economics, personnel management, social practical work, collection, inputting and auditing of population information, population information system design, system function analysis, database technology, population information inquiry, data editing and updating, system functions, process and operation, and also security problems of population information system.